+1 for Java 1.6 Java 1.6 is now 5 years old, Java 1.5 is officially obsolete, or even deprecated by Sun/Oracle and we should try to keep things simple.
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > Before I go too far down the road of the re-writing the core object > allocation code for pool2, I'd like to get some clarity on what the > minimum Java version targeted by pool2 should be. > > It is currently 1.5. > > It would make the implementation of the FIFO/LIFO allocation option > considerably easier if that was changed to 1.6. > > The options as I see them are: > > a) Java 1.5 with FIFO or LIFO allocation > b) Java 1.5 with FIFO allocation only > c) Java 1.6 with FIFO or LIFO allocation > > b) & c) are likely to be considerably easier to write since I can use > the classes provided by java.u.c > a) looks like it will be a PITA to write > > My preferred option is c) > > I think b) is a bad idea since it makes idle object expiration harder > > I think a) is a bad idea as I don't want to have to figure out how to > make that work, not do I want to have to maintain it once it is written > as I suspect it will end up being quite complex (although I could be wrong). > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- I Am What I Am And That's All What I Yam (Popeye) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
